CLEARFIELD – To continue preparing you to “Be Red Cross Ready”, the second step is to “Make a Plan”.
Planning ahead will help you have the best possible response to disaster.
-Talk. Discuss with your family the disasters that can happen where you live. Establish responsibilities for each member of your household and plan to work together as a team. Designate alternates in case someone is absent. If a family member is in the military, also plan for how you would respond if they are deployed. Include the local military base resources that may be available.
-Plan. Make a fire escape plan, in case of a house fire. Set up and practice more than one fire escape route to ensure the safe escape of all family members no matter where the fire may be located in your home. Choose two places to meet after a disaster: Right outside your home, in case of a sudden
emergency, such as a fire. Outside your neighborhood, in case you cannot return home or are asked to evacuate your neighborhood.
-Learn. Each adult in your household should learn how and when to turn off utilities such as electricity, water and gas. Ask your local fire department to show you how to use a fire extinguisher.
Tell everyone in the household where emergency information and supplies are kept. Make copies of the information for everyone to carry with them. Keep the information updated.
Practice your fire escape routes every couple months, or more often with small children. Practice evacuating your home twice a year. Drive your planned evacuation route and plot alternate routes on a map in case main roads are impassable or gridlocked.
Include your pets. If you must evacuate, take your animals with you. If it is not safe for you to remain, it is not safe for them.
In the next publication of Red Cross Notes we will review the third and final step of “Be Red Cross Ready”; Be Informed.
An Open House invitation is extended to the public for October 14, from noon to 4 p.m. The new Red Cross office is located at 1100 S. Second Street.
A multiphasic blood screening will be held at the Clearfield Red Cross office from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on September 22. This includes 35 multiphasic tests. For an additional fee, you may schedule prostate lab test for men and TSH (thyroid). Free oximeter and blood pressure screenings also available. Call 765-5516 to register before the September 19 deadline..
Everyone likes Pizza and the Red Cross has a great offer for you. A card full of Pizza Hut coupons, good toward buy one–get one free lunch or dinner buffets and personal pan pizza, free wings or breadsticks with pizza purchase and buy a large pizza and get a medium free.
Coupons are $5.00 and available at Clearfield and Brookville offices. Coupons are redeemable in Brookville, Dubois, Clearfield, Philipsburg, St. Mary’s State College, Bellefonte and Mill Hall.
First aid kits are available at the Clearfield and Brookville offices. A 4×4 compact kit is on close- out for only $5.00 and is an excellent choice for your home or car. Start your Christmas shopping early. Also available are face shield key chains, pocket masks and more.
Health & Safety Classes:
Adult CPR – Clearfield – September 19
Brookville – October 10
Punxsutawney – October 8
Infant Child CPR – Clearfield – October 4
First Aid – Clearfield – September 20
Brookville – October 11
Punxsutawney – October 9
All of the above classes begin at 6:00 p.m. Call 765-5516 to register in Clearfield or 849-2712 to register in Brookville & Punxsutawney.
Clearfield Bloodmobile Schedule
Sept. 21 Fixed Site 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Oct. 05 Clearfield Co. Career & Tech. Center 8:45 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Oct. 05 Fixed Site 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Oct. 08 Curwensville United Methodist Church 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Oct. 10 Bigler YMCA 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Oct. 17 Karthaus Fire Hall 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Oct. 19 Fixed Site 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Oct. 25 Penn Dot 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Jefferson Bloodmobile Schedule
Sept 18 American Legion – Reynoldsville 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Sept 28 War Memorial – Big Run 12 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
The American Red Cross is a non-profit organization funded in part by United Way and by your generous donations Please support your Clearfield-Jefferson American Red Cross. Checks may be sent to Clearfield-Jefferson Chapter, 1100 S. Second St. Suite 2, Clearfield, Pa 16830, or Clearfield-Jefferson Chapter, 275 Main St., Brookville, Pa 15825. VISA and MasterCard are accepted.
Red Cross is a United Way and United Fund Participating Agency and an RSVP Station.